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No. 877,469. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908. W. L. PAUL.

SEEDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1907.

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EDING MA PATENTED JAN. 2l, 1908.

SHINE.

APPLICATION :FILED AUG; 2v, 1907.

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Allarmi? WTNESSES mvirnn STATES! Partnr Finca.

WILLIAM L.` PAUL, OF' SOUTH BENI), INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO OLIVER CHILLEDPLOW WORKS,

1 OF SOUTEBEND, INDIANA,

SEEDING-MACHINE.

'Naam/ice.

Specification of Letters Batent.

atented Jan. 21., 1908.,

Original application filed May 28. 1907. Serial No. 376.096.' Dividedand this application filed August 27,1907 Serial No. 390.316.

Total-I whom fit may concern: Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM L. PAUL, ofSouth Bend, in the county of St. lJoseph and `State of Indiana, haveinvented certaln new,

division of my application for patent filed May 28th, 1907, anddesignated by Serial The object of my present invention is to soconstruct and arrange the gearing for a seeding machine or planter as toavoid possibility of accidents'and prevent undue wear.

With these objects lin view'the invention' consistsin certain novelfeatures ofconstrucl tion and combinations of parts as will hereinafterbe vdescribed and-` pointed out in the claims.

his a side elevatlon, partly in section, of 'a ments,

In the accompanying drawings, 'Figure 1 seeding. machine embodying -myimprove- Fig.. 2 is a plan view of the same.

. Figs. 3,4' and 5 are enlarged detail views illustrating gearing foroperating the feed LAmechanism..

`1 represents an arch-axle -mounted at its respective enads within thehubs of carryingwheels 2. At the' juncture of the U-shaped intermediateportion with 'the horizontal portions of the arch-axle, brackets 3 areattached, and to these brackets the respective members of the machineframe 4 are pivotally.

connected. The frame 4 is of general V-shape and at the rear meetingends of its members a bracket 5 is secured to afford a bearing for thevertical'upper portion of an axle 6, thel lower portion of said axlebeing bent rearwardly and provided at its lower end with laterallyprojecting journals 7 for the accomv'ceive the forward, intermediateportion of a bail 13, the rear ends of which are connected with thebrackets 3 on thev arch-axle. As before stated the frames of planters ofthe type to which my invention relates have been made to extend forwardto provide a stop to hold down'the vfront end of the beam when the plowis raised, thus necessitating the pivoting of the plowforwardly of thecenter of gravity.` Such construction is avoided in my machine andfthebail 13 is made to serve the purpose of such stop and furthermore I amenabled to shorten the machine byterminating the frame at the axle.

'Bracket 14, secured to the frame 4, is'provided with a toothed segment15'and affords a. bearing for the pivot pin 16 of a lever 17, said leverbeing provided with a latch 18 to engage the toothed-segment 15. An arm19 is secured-to the pivot in 16 and is connected, by means of a li 20,witha bracket 21 secured to the arch-axle. It is a parent that by theoperation of this lever the plow beam and the plow carried thereby canbe raised and lowered. To assist in the raising of the plow a spring 22may be employed. One end of this springis connected with the frame 4.andthe other end with the arch-axle.

The upper end of the axle 6 on which the follower wheels 8 are mounted,is provided with Aa notched-segment 23 and with this segment a' latch 24mounted on the frame 4, is adapted to engage to retain thefollowerwheels in their normal position. A rod 25 `is attached at itsrear end to the latch 24 and connected at its forward end with abell-crank lever 26 throughthe medium of a link 27, said bell-cranklever being attached to the pivot pin 16 of the lever 17. -By means ofthis construction, when the lever 17 is operated to raise the plow, onearm offthe bell-crank-lever 26will be engaged byl the lug 28 on theyarm19 andoperate, through the medium of the rod 25 to withdraw the latch 24and release the axle 6,

thus permitting the latter to turn.

The hub of one of the carrying-wheels is connected, through the mediumof a clutch 29 with a gear wheel 30 mounted on the arch-axle. the gear30 and,centered on the arch-axle. To this gear case, a journal-box .32is pivotally attached and forms a bearing for the hub of a pinion 33which meshes with A gear case 31 is provided for on the shaft.

and receives motion from the gear-wheel 30. A shaft 34 1s madecylindrical at its lowerend and mounted in the hub 'of the pinion 33,the upper end of said shaft being connected with the feeding mechanism.in the seed box 35. The

has mounted thereon a clutch sleeve 36, which cooperates with the hub ofthe inion 33 to lock said pinion to shaft 34 an thus cause the lattterto transmit motion to' the feeding mechanismjj-The clutch sleeve 36 ismaintained normallyin 'operative relation to the hub of pinion 33 bymeans of a spring,

37 locatedv on the -shaft 34 and .bearing respectively, against saidsleeve, an d a pin A pivotally supported shifterlever 38 is' providedwith arms 39 which partially embrace the cylindrical portion of thejournal box 32 -so as to be located in closel proximity to` an annulariiangej or collar 40 on. .the clutchV sleeve` 36. The shifter-lever 38is so formed that its free end Will terminate in the path of movement ofthe arch-axle. Thus it will be seen that when the lever 17 isoperatedfor raising the low, the arch-axle, engaging the shiftingl ever 38 willcause `it to move the clutchveo sleeve. 36 out' of operative relationlto the hub -or pinion 33, thus stopping' the feed mechanism.

The gearing is maintained in' mesh by the action of a spring. 41 mountedon the archaxle, said spring bearing at one end against the gear-case 31and bearing at yitsother end against oneV of the braclretsB o nsaidarchxle. From the construction and arrangement of gearing, `abovedescribed, it will be v reaterportionof 'the'i shaft 34 is made angu arin cross-section and observed that the gear-wheel A3() is coupled to oneof the carryin wheels and drives the pinion 33. Whi e the parts thusoperate, the natural `thrust willy tend to ldrive thepinion and gearapartand any misfit -orwear will cause the' teeth to leave the pitchline and soon become inoperative, 4but with Ymy construction, i thepinion 33 being housed iii-box 32 which is vpivoted to thev casing 31,will follow up the gear "30,

being caused. to do sol by 'the action of the spring 41.

Supports 42 are secured to the frame 4 for the accommodation of a seat43 andfoot-rests 44 are provided at the depending ends of a yoke 45secured to said frame. l

A- seed-boot 46 is suitably mounted and receives seed through a tube 47communi eating with the seed box 35. Suitable I covering blades 48 areprovided and the Shanks 49 are connected with 4the plow beam 9 by meansof brackets 50.

The varied Without departing Afrom the .scope of my invention andhence Ido not wish to details of construction may .bel

be restricted to the precise constructive defl tails herein set forth.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim4 as new and'desire tosecure byfLetters' Patent is: .i

1. In a seeding machinp,`the.combination with an'axle, framework and aseed recepta-- cle provided with ,feeding means,.of a gear' wheelcentered on the axle, a shaft for operating .thefeed mechanism, a.pinion onsai'div lshaft meshing with said gear wheel, and au! tomaticmeans to force the pinion. to Ifeli low the ear 'wheel .against thetendency"0f;.f natural t rust tomove said wheel apart.

2. in a Seedmgmachin, the combination pinion and gear with an axle, agear wheel centeredthereon, feeding mechanism, and a shaft for drivingthellatter, of a pinion on said shaftmeshing with said 'gear wheel,a'membercentered on i the axle, a journal box for the pinion,..said

journal box hinged to the member'on the axle, and means for forcingsaidmember sav toward the gear wheel to maintain the pine ion in'meshwith thelatter.

v 3. In a seeding machine,'the. combination with an axle,` wheelsthereon, framework, and a seed receptacleprovided with feedingmechanism,- of a gear Wheel centered on the axle and driven by acarrying wheel, ajournal box, a member to which said journal box.

means tending to force the member to which -is hinged, a pinion mountedin said journal. box and meshing withl said gear wheel,

the journal box is hinged, .in a direction toward the gear-Wheel, and ashaftfor trans-l mitting motion from said pinion to the feedingmechanism;

4. In a seedineF machine, the combination with an axle, wzlieelsthereon, framefwork, and aseed receptacle rovided with feeding means, ofa gear wliee mounted on the axle Yand connected-With the hub ofy oneofthe.

carrying wheels, a journal box, a member to which said journal box ishinged, means tending toI force said member outwardly "-toward' the gearWheel, a shaft connected with said pinion for transmitting motion to thefeeding means, and a clutch for opera.

tively connecting said shaft 4with said pinion.

5. In a'seeding machine,.the combination with an axle, carrying Wheelsthereon, a"

with the feeding mechanism, az clutch for operatively connecting saidshaft with the; pinion, a spring for maintaining the clutch ypinion,

Vwith the` arch-axle for raising and lowering4 the plow, and a seedreceptacle provide with feeding mechanism, of a gear wheel mountedon-the axle and connected with one of the carrying Wheels', a shaftconnected with the feeding mechanism, a member movable on the axle, apinion on said shaft meshing with the gear wheel on the arch axle, a

journal box for said pinion pivoted to the member movable on the axle, aclutch for locking the shaft in' operative relation to the and a pivotedshifter-lever provided withl means to engage the clutch and having -apart terminating in the path'of movement of the intermediate portion ofthe arch-axle,

' ing witnesses.

whereby when the plow is raised the seeding mechanism will beautomatically thrown out of operation.

7. In a seeding machine, the'combination with an axle, carrying wheels,and a seed rec'eptacle'provided with feeding-means, of a gear wheeldriven by a carrying wheel, a movable member adjacent to said gearwheel, a journal box pivotally attached to said movable members, apinion carried by saidjournal box and meshing with said gear wheel,means for transmitting motion from l said pinion' to the feedingmechanism, and a spring for forcing the movable ymember toward the gearwheel.

' In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscrib- WILLIAM L. PAUL. Witnesses:

FRANCIS C. NIPPOLD, W. A. WEED.

